The Irkutsk region election commission said how much money went into the candidates governor accounts, 6.8 million rubles in total. Sergei Eroshchenko, Sergei Levchenko and Oleg Kuznetsov lead, and details on their funding sources show a clear gap between candidates. The article also lists all contenders for the regional head post and recalls the early election on September 13.
The Irkutsk Region Election Commission announced a new figure for financial contributions to the election accounts of candidates for governor of the region. The total amount came to 6.8 million rubles. Among the candidates for the post of regional head, the leaders in the amount of funds received were identified.Sergey Eroshchenko from United Russia with 3 million rubles, Sergey Levchenko from the Communist Party with 1.8 million rubles, and Oleg Kuznetsov from the LDPR with 1.3 million rubles. This was reported by the press service of the Irkutsk Region Election Commission.
"At the same time, on candidate Sergey Eroshchenko's election account (United Russia), 2 million were his own funds and 1 million were donations from legal entities. On Larisa Egorova's account (A Just Russia) – 500 thousand rubles (own funds), on Leonid Karnaukhov's account (Pensioners' Party) – 15 thousand, also the candidate's own funds. Of Oleg Kuznetsov's (LDPR) total funds received, 500 thousand were his own funds, 390 thousand were transferred by the electoral association, and 472 thousand were donated by citizens. As for candidate Sergey Levchenko (Communist Party), 290 thousand were his own funds, 335 thousand were donations from citizens, and 1.2 million were donations from legal entities. Vasily Pronichev (Patriots of Russia) had 123 thousand rubles in his election account, all of it the candidate's own funds. Candidate Artur Pyanov (Civil Platform) received no funds into his election account," the regional election commission noted.
Recall that on September 13, residents of the Irkutsk Region will have to elect the region's governor early. The main political parties have already nominated their candidates. . United Russia is nominating acting governor of the Irkutsk Region Sergey Eroshchenko, the Communist Party – State Duma deputy Sergey Levchenko, the LDPR – deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Angara Region Oleg Kuznetsov, A Just Russia – regional branch secretary Larisa Egorova, Civil Platform – editor-in-chief of the newspaper Nasha Sibskana Artur Pyanov, Patriots of Russia – regional branch chairman Vasily Pronichev, and the All-Russian Pensioners' Party for Justice – regional branch chairman Leonid Karnaukhov.